Boat with a rough water control stern



p 20, 1955 B. B. CAMP BOAT WITH A ROUGH WATER CONTROL STERN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 15, 1954 IN V EN TOR.

5. CAM 0 Sept. 2O, 1955 B." B. cAMP 2,718,206

BOAT WITH A ROUGH WATER CONTROL STERN Filed Jan. 15, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG-5 IN V EN TOR.

5577451. 5. CA p United States Patent 2,718,206 BOAT WITH A RUUGHWATER CONTROL STERN Bethel B. Camp, Port N eches, Tex.

Application January 15, 1954, Serial No. 404,189

2 Claims. (Cl. 115-17) This invention relates to a boat and more particularly to a boat having a rough water control stern.

The primary object of the invention is to improve the riding qualities of a boat while maintaining the advantages of the use of an outboard motor as the boat propelling means.

Another object is to enable the outboard motor to be housed within the stern of the boat when not in use and yet facilitate the moving of the propeller of the outboard motor into active position with but a minimum of effort.

Another object is to improve the buoyancy of the stern of the boat while not in any way interfering the mounting or demounting of an outboard motor in operative position on the boat.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a boat hull having a well extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, a transom carried by the boat hull and forming the forward wall of the well for supporting an outboard motor for movement in the well from an active position in which the propeller of the outboard motor projects below the bottom of the boat to an inactive position in which the propeller lies wholly within the well, and a flexible apron carried by the boat for extension across the bottom of the well.

Other features include stabilizing air chambers carried by the hull on opposite sides of the well and control cables mounted for movement over the stern and operatively connected to the apron for moving it to and from its extended position.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a boat embodying the features of this invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of the stern of the boat showing the apron extended;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 5--5 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a boat designated generally 10 comprises a keel 12 having transversely extending ribs 14 to which are secured the hull 16. Carried by the hull 16 and extending transversely across the boat intermediate the ends thereof is a transom 18 and extending through the hull 16 rearwardly of the transom 18 is an opening 20 having upwardly extending side walls 22 which define with the transom and a rearwardly and downwardly extending back wall 24 a well W in which the leg L carrying the propeller P of a conventional out board motor M is adapted to move. As illustrated in Figure 2, the outboard motor is supported on the transom 18 by conventional clamps C. Supported within the hull 16 between the transom 18 and the bow of the boat is a 2,718,206 Patented Sept. 20, 1955 ice live we'll2'6 in whieh'bait'm'ay' beret'ained and mounted within the boat forward of the live well26 is a fuel storage tank 28 which is connected through a suitable conduit 30 to the motor M. A reserve storage tank 32 is carried by the boat beneath the forward deck 34 thereof;

Carried by the stern of the boat on opposite sides of the well W are air containing'ballast tanks 36". p

Secured to the transom 18' and extending rearwardly therefrom on opposite sides of the well W are guide cables 38 which are connected at their rear ends to a cleat 40 carried by the stern adjacent the extreme rear end of the well W. Mounted for sliding movement on the guide cables 38 are slats 42 to the lower edges of which are .fixed in any conventional manner a flexible apron 44 which, as illustrated in Figure 3, is adapted when extended to partially close the bottom of the well W. As illustrated in the drawings, the rear end of the apron is connected to the cleat 40, and fixed to the slat 42 adjacent the forward end of the apron 44 are the forward ends of control cables 46 which are led forwardly over pulleys 48 carried by the transom and thence upwardly and rearwardly through guides 50. From the guides 50 the cables extend rearwardly over the top deck 52 of the stern and downwardly over the rear end of the stem to be fixed as at 54 to the foremost cleat 40 below the opposite ends of the cables 46.

In use, it will be obvious that with the outboard motor supported on the transom 18 by means of the clamps C, the motor end may be tilted, as suggested by the dotted lines in Figure 2, so that the propeller F may be elevated to a position within the confines of the well W when the flexible apron 44 is in collapsed position, as illustrated in Figure 2. With the apron in collapsed position, as illustrated in Figure 2, the leg L of the motor M may be moved in an arcuate path in substantially the position illustrated in full lines in Figure 2, so as to submerge the propeller P ready for operation. With the leg L in the position shown, pull is exerted on the cables 46 to move the foremost cleat 40 forwardly along the guide cables 38 so as to extend the apron 44 into the position substantially, as shown in Figure 3. Obviously, when rough water is encountered, the apron 44 being extended, as shown, will serve to stabilize the boat without in any way interfering with the propulsion thereof by the propeller P.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A boat comprising a hull having a well extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, a transom carried by the hull and extending transversely thereacross adjacent the well for supporting an outboard motor for movement in the well from an active position in Which the propeller of the outboard motor projects below the bottom of the boat to an inactive position in which the propeller lies wholly within the well, guide cables carried by the transom and extending longitudinally adjacent opposite sides of the well, said guide cables being connected to the stern of the boat, and a flexible apron mounted on the guide cables for movement thereon and extension across the bottom of the well.

2. A boat comprising a hull having a well extending therethrough intermediate the ends thereof, a transom carried by the hull and extending transversely thereacross adjacent the well for supporting an outboard motor for movement in the well from an active position in which the propeller of the outboard motor projects below the 3 bottom of the boat to an inactive position in which the propeller lies wholly within the well, guide cables carried by the transom and extending longitudinally adjacent opposite sides of the well, saidguide cables being connected to the stern of the boat, slats mounted on the guide 5 cables for movement thereon, said slats extending across the well between the guide cables, a flexible apron carried by the slats for extension across the bottom of the well, control cables mounted for movement over the stern, and operatively connected to the apron for movl0 ing it to and from its extended position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Corey Feb. 24, Blumberg Feb. 23, Weller Feb. 21, Harley Nov. 26, Seaman Mar. 8, Danielsen Dec. 5,

FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain of 

